Police Arrest Man On Weapons Charge

Manchester Police News

October 12, 1995

A Suffield man was arraigned on weapons charges Tuesday after police said they found him hiding in the dark back yard of his ex-girlfriend's house, armed with a crowbar and waiting for her to return from a date.

Derrick J. Bovee, 23, of 895 Sheldon Road, was arrested about 11 p.m. Monday after police responded to a neighbor's call of a suspicious person in the yard of the Winthrop Road house.

Officer Kevin Mottram found Bovee near the rear deck of the house, police said. The crowbar was found nearby, wrapped in a blanket, according to police. Police said Bovee told them he was waiting for the woman to return home so he could talk to her.

``He said the crowbar was for protection in case the male friend went crazy or had a weapon himself,'' Officer James Graham said in a report.

Bovee's car was found parked down the street. He had been at the house earlier in the evening, but was asked to leave by the woman's mother, police said.

The woman had ended her relationship with Bovee on Sunday, police said.

Bovee was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and first-degree criminal trespass. He was held overnight Monday in lieu of $1,000 bail and arraigned Tuesday in Superior Court.